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Professional Learning Opportunities

Our continuing education sessions have been developed to meet the needs of our community. They are open to individuals as well as school groups, unless noted. Do you have specific learning objectives for your school or learning community? Contact us about designing something to fit your needs.

Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum Online Course

OverviewLearn to engage students in computational thinking, a new framework for problem-solving guiding learners to solve any challenge through an analytical and methodical approach. Engage in activities for supporting computational thinking in the classroom, and in e-learning environments.

Date / TimeThis course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM on the following dates:

Monday, July 6, 2020

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.

Makey Makey® - Invention Literacy Online Workshop

OverviewLearn to use the award winning Makey Makey Invention Kit to support invention literacy, making, and design thinking both in the classroom, and in e-learning environments. Looking for a way to support STEAM at home? Makey Makey might be the answer!

Date / TimeThis course will be conducted virtually in 5 one-hour sessions, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Participants will receive 5 hours of renewal credit. This training meets the ISTE Standards for Educators and can be used to meet technology proficiency requirements when approved by your district.

Cognitive Coaching℠ 8-Day Foundations Course

OverviewThe 8-Day Foundations Course is a year-long leadership training course designed for administrators and instructional coaches. Participants learn the skills needed to support and enhance teacher thinking processes.

The mission of Cognitive Coaching℠ is to produce self-directed persons with the cognitive capacity for excellence both independently and as members of a community. Research indicates that teaching is a complex intellectual activity and that teachers who think at higher levels produce students who are higher achieving, more cooperative, and better problem solvers. It is the invisible skills of teaching, the thinking processes that underlie instructional decisions, which produce superior instruction. Cognitive Coaching℠ is a research-based model that capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes.

Learning OutcomesMeeting once per month for a total of 8-days, participants will learn to:

build trust by developing physical and verbal rapport.

develop an identity as a mediator of people's thinking.

utilize three mediative maps for planning, reflecting and problem resolving.

utilize the coaching toolkit of pause, paraphrase, and pose a question.

apply coaching skills that enhance the intellectual processes of instruction.

distinguish between the five categories of feedback.

Cost$1,000/participantMaterials and lunch are included.

DatesCourse Dates* are:

Day 1: Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Day 2: Thursday, August 8, 2019

Day 3: Friday, September 27, 2019

Day 4: Friday, October 11, 2019

Day 5: Friday, November 1, 2019

Day 6: Friday, December 6, 2019

Day 7: Friday, January 31, 2020

Day 8: Friday, February 21, 2020

Participants meet 9am - 4pm on scheduled dates.*If a day is cancelled due to inclement weather, Thursday (March 5th) and Friday (March 6th) will serve as the make-up dates (ONLY IF NEEDED).

LocationThe August 7-8 will be held at Irmo Middle School in the Cafeteria, 6051 Wescott Road Columbia, SC 29212The remaining dates will be at Irmo High School in the PD area located behind the Media Center, 6671 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia, SC 29212.

Have a large group or would like to inquire about training for a district or school? Contact solutions@s2temsc.org.